Stories - Constitution

Myanmar (Burma)

Abusing a Disaster

The Myanmar junta builds power with ruins. Citizens are not only ignored in the aftermath of the 7.7...

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NATIONAL CIVIC REVIEW How to Charter Local Change

Transforming City Charter Processes Through Democratic Innovation

Strong NO rumbling from the voting booths, Irish Referenda defeated

Two Referenda to remove sexist language in the Irish Constitution resulted in a low turnout and a very...

Photo courtesy of Lichuma Davis for Life as an activist project

Uses and abuses of democracy in divided society

In Country in Focus, Democracy International takes a closer look at advances in modern direct democracy and...

Tunisia: A U-turn from democracy

Once regarded as the sole democracy that has emerged from the mass protests of the Arab Spring in 2011,...

Chile’s new constitution: An unstable path to the countries future

When in 2019, protests following proposed rises in subway fairs escalated into a broader movement about the...

Rules of the Game - Podcast

PODCAST: Chile's New Constitution with Gabriel Negretto

Lessons from the Conference on the Future of Europe

The EU must embark on a path to treaty change and a new European Convention The Conference on the Future of...

A success for democracy: Chileans vote for a new constitution

The Sunday of the vote will probably go down in the history of the South American country. On 25th of October...

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Constitution building in Chile: a long way to go

Since October, Chile has seen tremendous social uprising across the country. What started as a protest about...